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umbonate

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um⋅bo⋅nate

  [uhm-buh-nit, -neyt]
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–adjective
1. having an umbo or projecting boss.
2. shaped like an umbo; having a rounded convex form: an umbonate fungus.
Origin:
1820–30; < L umbōn- (s. of umbō; see umbo ) + -ate 1
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um·bo·nate   (ŭm'bə-nāt', ŭm-bō'nĭt)   
adj.  Having or resembling a knob or knoblike protuberance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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